The Dark is Rising

I remember liking [b:Over Sea, Under Stone 11312 Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1) Susan Cooper https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1166468889s/11312.jpg 742] a lot more than this one, but I finished that one years ago.This felt a lot less like an adventure and a lot more like ...a kid who had a bunch of stuff happen to him. And it wasn't even, like, “kid gets swept up in major adventure.” More like “kid goes about his day, but every now and then weird stuff happens that he's somehow an important part of... without his actually making any decisions about those things.”That's my major takeaway from the story. My impression, and my objection.Really wanted to love this series. Not sure I want to invest more time in it, after this one. Maybe I will in a while.